A stay temporarily halting same-sex marriages in Alaska expired Friday, technically making it legal for couples to seek marriage licenses in the state, while the U.S. Supreme Court denied a further stay sought by the state.
Just one minute after the 9th Circuit stay was dissolved, in a one-line response, U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for a further stay from the state of Alaska.
But while marriages can go forward immediately, with state offices closed Friday in observance of Alaska Day, marriages will not resume until Monday morning.
I tweeted this to my daughter yesterday the minute that I got the news.
It made her day.
However I want to make damn sure that the voters of this state remember that it was Sean Parnell, currently running for reelection, who caused this delay in the first place, and kept people long denied this right, the opportunity to get married this week.
And please, vote accordingly.
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